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Multilingual Learner Clubs

Multilingual Learner Clubs Launch at Capuchino, Hillsdale and San Mateo High Schools
 

Multilingual Learners (ML) Clubs were launched at Bridge Academy, Capuchino, Hillsdale and San Mateo High Schools in 2023-2024. Under the guidance of the MLP Manager, ML Club Coordinators advise students in the club and organize/supervise after-school activities for multilingual learner students, prioritizing newcomer students. The ML Club’s goal is to provide opportunities for ML students to become more involved with their school community, learn about American culture, to socialize and build community after school with their peers, do homework, provide tutoring, and participate in activities that develop their leadership capacity. The ML Club spaces are in line with our site’s goals of inclusion for students, and the DELAC recommendations of opportunities for Multilingual Learners students to be more involved in the school. 

Fall 2024 Highlights
At Hillsdale High School, the ML Club Coordinator hosts a daily Homework Club with tutors on site that averages about 15-20 students. Club activities include:

  • Holiday parties
  • Shopping at the HHS Community Closet
  • Wellness Wednesdays with the Newcomer School Social Worker and Multilingual Specialist
  • Collaborating with other student clubs 
  • Learning about other resources available at HHS, including the HHS Bike Club which offers free bikes to students
  • Helping students better communicate with their teachers and parents/guardians
  • Field trips to community colleges
  • Movie nights and more

At Capuchino High School, the ML Club regularly hosts about 25 students every week with 30-40 students coming to the club events.  So far this Fall 2024 semester, the Club has hosted:. 

  • Movie Night (Blue Beetle) with Pizza
  • Halloween Night (Pumpkin Decorating Contest and Candy Bowl Challenge)
  • Club Fair - Ice Cream Conchas (We sold 45 Ice Cream Conchas and raised $120 for the club)
  • Thanksgiving Potluck
  • Gingerbread House making and Abuelita's hot chocolate

At San Mateo High, the Club Coordinator hosts an after school space for students to catch up on homework or receive tutoring. Students can also just come and hang out with their friends. 18-20 students consistently attend. Other events so far included:

In November, the club took a field trip to Allcove San Mateo, a drop-in center for youth to find community, support, advice or even just a moment of pause. Students learned about the various resources available to them at Allcove and worked on vision boards and played community building games. The club also collaborated with the SMHS Latin Parent Organization (LPO) to host a Posada for the SMHS community on December 19. 

At Bridge Academy, the ML Club hosts a monthly event to build community and teach students about traditions in the USA. Some of the events that have already happened include:

  • Game Night
  • Movie Night
  • Pumpkin Carving and School Dance Celebration
  • School Dance
  • Ice Skating (upcoming)